Modulation of the human mirror neuron system during cognitive activity

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 896-905

  Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^a   Singh, Krish D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action observation; Attention; Magnetoencephalography; Mirror neurons; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; COGNITION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 54049139290     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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